Improvement in bale-ties



W. M. SEAMAN.

Bale-Tie.

No.197,802. PatentedDec. 4, 1877.

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM M. SEAMAN, OF BULLITT'S BAYOU, LOUISIANA.

IMPROVEM ENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,802, dated December 4, 1877; application filed November 8, 1877. i

' rugated crosswise, for the purpose of being held from slipping When placed to overlap each other, and inserted to fit in the opening between the corrugated 'inner sides of the buckle.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my bale-tie complete, the bands being inserted. Fig. 2 is a crosssection of the buckle, taken on line w w in ^Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the buckle, made somewhat in the shape of the letter U, and. for the sake of strength, thicker at the close end, With the opening B of suflicient height to receive two thicknesses of the bale band or strap C. The two sides of the opening B are corrugated in such a manner that a concavity in one side is always directly opposite a convexity on the other, so thattheir profiles form parallel curves, as seen in Fig. 2. The ends of the band C are provided with corrugations of the same size and shape as those of the buckle A, so that when both are inserted to overlap each other in the buckle their corrugatioris Will fit sufficiently tight together, and in those of the 'opening B, to prevent their being straightened by the strain on the band C, and s1ipping out of the buckle A. The strain in the direction of the bands When in use is sufficient to prevent them, under ordinary circumstances, from slipping out latera11y that is, in a direction at right anglcs to the line of strain; but to guard against such result of an accidental side strain, I make a notch, a in the buckle A, of the width of the band C, at the upper and lower diagonally opposite corners of the opening B, in the edge of the buckle opposite to that from which the strain is applied, thereby fornin g the shoulders a against which the band C, having been strained into the notch a trifle, With the nearest convex portion of its corrugations, Will lodge, and thus be kept in place. D is a hole cut clear through the buckle A, at right angles to the plane of the opening B, for the purpose of securin g the buckl'e in transportation.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patin combinationwith its corrugations,-substanl tially as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM METCALFE SEAMAN.

Witnesses: y

JNo. C. SEAMAN, CLINTON F. SEAMAN, Jos. H. SEAMAN; 

